Truths About Goat Milk
 Goat Milk is the best for goat kids
 Dam raised kids are more unlikely to over eat
 Protein molecules are smaller, easier for digestion
Truths About Kid Formulas
 Formulas Can Save kids Lives
 Formulas Can Kill kids
 Most formulas are not natural and hard on kids under developed stomachs
Truths About Feeding Cows Milk to Goat Kids (From Our Experiences Only)
 Mortality rate dropped to 0% - No losses of lives due to Cow’s Milk
 0% of kids developed Enterotoxemia (Overeating Disease)
 Kids are healthier & happier – Less Feed related diaherrea & no bloat
 Cow’s Milk can make pellets firmer – watch for constipation (add cream to recipe)
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Cow Milk Recipes/Combinations
 Whole Cow’s Milk, Plain Old Fashioned Yogurt
 Whole Cow’s Milk, Buttermilk, Plain Old Fashioned Yogurt
 Whole Cow’s Milk 1 Gallon, 1 can Evaporated Milk, 1 cup Cultured Buttermilk
Goat Nutri-Drench
 Whole Cow’s Milk, Heavy Whipping Cream, Yogurt, Buttermilk
 Substitutions: Buttermilk, Yogurt, Probiotics can replace each other
 Red Cell can be substituted for Nutri-Drench
How to Mix Milk
In Place of just using Whole cow's milk, Many breeders use a "formula" for richer milk:
(I personally would use this for kids who are just not thriving or growing as well as they should on plain
milk)
1 gallon Whole Milk, 1 can Evaporated Milk, 1 cup Cultured Buttermilk, Goat Nutri-Drench
How To Mix Milk
 Pour off 3 cups of the whole milk into a container. Add the evaporated milk and butter milk to the
remaining milk in the gallon jug- Add back as much of the whole milk (roughly 1 cup) to refill the
gallon milk container. Add 1 "pump" of Goat Nutri-Drench to the first bottle of the day.
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From Michelle: (BRC Boers)
 While Goats milk is the best we’ve used the below recipe successfully for years after many problems
with different types of ‘Goat milk Replacers’.
 If you have a replacer that works well then use it.
 Protein molecules in cow’s milk are larger than the protein molecules in goats milk making is a little
harder for the goat to digest but still very nutritious.
 Cow’s Milk is less expensive both in cost and in the treatments for enterotoxemia and lost kids.
 I buy my Cow’s Milk in 2 gallon packs at a restaurant supply store – Cash & Carry
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My kids grow at the same rate as dam fed kids and sometimes better.
Bottle Baby Schedule: I feed every couple of hours for the first few days then 4 times a day, dropping to
3 times a day at 6 weeks, 2 times a day at 8 weeks, 1 time a day at 12 weeks with weaning completely
by 16 weeks, hopefully. Every breeder has their very own way of the way they like to do things.
How to Feed the Bottle Baby
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It’s important to feed kids as if they were feeding off mom, slightly stretched neck and elevated
nose/mouth in a standing position. This alleviates the ‘beer’ belly that can come from holding kids while
they’re being fed.
Some breeders prefer to feed bottle babies from opposite sides of a fence to keep the distance and keep
them from climbing all over the bottle bringer!
Bottle Babies Still Need More Than Milk
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Although not much nutrition will be gotten from hay it’s still important to introduce, just like humans
familiarity with the sight and smell of food will eventually lead to curiosity of tasting it!
Having bottle babies with the herd or at least a “baby sitter” will help teach bottle babies how to eat hay
and pellets, starting as early as 2nd day of life!
Vaccinations/Supplements/Immune Boosters:
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Bose (Selenium/vit E prescription) 0.25-0.5ml SubQ (Some breeders now do orally) Paste is also
available
Bovi-Sera/Poly-Serum 2-3cc orally after birth (at least within 24 hours)
CD Anti-Toxin 2-3cc orally if no goat colostrum is available of CD Vaccinated goat
By 5 days (Krystal) gives CD Anti-Toxin Shot 5cc subq for full time/part time bottle kid
First Arrival Paste (Protects against Diaherrea)
Colostrum Gel – Can be given for first 3 days of life – Good for kids that did or did not receive
colostrums from dam (or goat)
Teaching Manners to the Young Mom-Less Kids
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Goat doe’s start teaching good manners early on with their kids. Bottle kids can become very annoying
as they get older and larger. Most doe’s will nudge the belly of the kid when they are very young but as
kids get older they use techniques such as a light push with the back leg or pulling to the side by the ear.
Our Favorite is pulling to side by the ear with firm “No” and finger pointing
With young bucklings that will remain bucks, Krystal has been known to use Cattle Prod at a very
young age to keep the climbing, pushing, and acting bucky to a minimum. Very quickly, you just have
to buzz, and the goats behavior corrects immediately
PRESENTED BY:
Michelle Sayer
Krystal Clemmons
BRC Boers
Summitview Boers
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